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-.. HE JOURNAL has psli circulation than paper fa Portland cr fa T - ' The Weather Showere " tonight and Friday; southerly wind. - VOL. VI. NO. 8. Iff v. Girl Wite Will Testify : That Hummel ;Was v in ; Her Employ .as ; Legal Advisor ;; Jerome Asks Question Which He V Is Sorry for and Tries to Have ItRecalfedEight Alienists v on the .; Stand at Once -' to ' Answer Query.' " V' ''?-'.'"; UmiuI Inteikl S.rvira.l ' New York. Maroh 14. Aba Hummel ; rwantt .the stand In the. Thaw trial thla morning.' " t " Hummel'a testimony wa required by ' Delmaa, wht srok In reply to Jerome' effort to have Evelyn Thaw a affidavit . nude for Hummel In 10I. accepted as evidence. :.'.- ,.. .,' . , . - Tha court sustained Attorney Delmaa '. objection to tha admission of the con versation between- Hummel and Evelyn Immediately proceeding tha dictation of hill MllU.TIk, - W . Allu.Mvy ,w.w,,, Spd baaed upon thla conversation 'his hope r getting me amaevit tamnwa a evidence. i' v. ; XnaaaaeVa Bad Break.' ' . Th ruling out tha Important question Judge Fitseraldr-eurtly-'eatd: Tha cases cited by tha district et toi nay arm- not authority on the point." . Jerome asked Hummih. "At tha In terview with. Evelyn Neeblt did aha telt you that aha bad told Thaw It was not true that , White ; ' bad drugged , ; and wronged fcarr',. v ' Z... . .- Before Delmaa could object. Hummel exclaimed: -- --- - ... She certainly did.1 - Delmaa ahouted, -"And you call your aelf a lawyerl" - : Jerome moved that the answer be atrlcken out. Delmaa objected and won. bavin: If retained. . Ha aald that be would meet It at tha proper time. Jer- I orne appeared to minx na naa oiunuerea Wild tried again to have it stricken out mil iua. . t. . , ' . f t, . . Xzperu Vpoa Stand. Delmaa flayed Jerome and flattered tha Jury. Ha said that 11 Intelligent men ahoald not be Influenced by the Imorooer relation .by the prosecution concerning aa affidavit before Ita intro duction aa- evidence. - Jerome answered briefly, and aald that tba remaraa ware entirely relevant. - . ; . Delmaa, to prove that Evelyn was Hommel's client offered to put the rtrl on the stand. - -Jerome waa" not wlllina thla should be dona and asked to be allowed to put alienists on - the stand thla afternoon. The court agreeo. t Jerome triad to tet tha court ta in- atruct Attorney Delmaa not to confer with Evelva In the Interval between calling her to tha atand. Tba court Ignored his demand. After lunch at the arternoon session Jerome ' called alght azperta o tba BUnd. n " : i TWO FATALLY INJURED ; BY RIOTING STRIKERS ' Louisville. March It.' Nlcholaa ' Na- tl. a atrlke-breaker. waa dragged from hla car and his skull fractured by the atrlkera thla morning. Nagel -cannot recover. Policeman Whllman ..waa fa tally hurt in another riot, -and othet officers Vera injured.1" " ' ' ' ' KIO LIEU KILLED BY HORSE THIEF Deputy Sheriffs Throat Is Cut by Prisoner While on Way to Jail Owner of Stolen Horse 'Missing. Also.'?-:'' ,!7 Jenuil tseHal aarvlee. Freano. CaL. March . 14. Deputy Sheriff Joa Price waa klUed last night y a man named Richardson, whom had' under arrest. Tha officer 'waa Hied in the foothills, ebon live- miles eyond Centervilla. " Prloe had gone to arrest Richardson 'or stealing a horse and buggy. The Mrner of tha rig had accompanied him. rnia price undertook, to arrest Rich. rrtson tha latter drew a gun, but the nr- disarmed Mm. He then placed he prisoner In his buggy and started or Centervllle, while tha -Owner foP wd them on " horseback. . 1-sat, night a farmer drove Into Con Tvllie and reported- finding the . of-'-er. deed in the rig with his throat t. ' The prisoner, had .' escaped and nihlng could be found, tf the owner t the stolen rig. It t supposed that Mcharrtaon. aftet killing Irlce,' also ll'-d (he men who was with him. (IS EVELvH ECALLED a.b;:r tny doily Oregoa Wild Scenes in Stock Market Where Mil lions Are Squeezed ! Out of, Securities - Union t Paciflo Drops Twentv Three Dollars- andAmalga mated Xoses Eighteen Big Fellow Hit, Including Stand ard Oil Crowd. 4 ::" 1 - Washlncton. March 14. f Biflletln.l The secrets rv of tha ' treaaurv au. uiorisea tne deposit or customs In pub llo depositaries and announoea -that, be will anllcinr lh. Tul. A A per cents of tha funded loan of 1807 w amount iOi ZA.uuo.oao, - ' ' ' (Jeeraal apedal Kervtee.) ' - - - - f . vloua record In ilum. MA.Mi.nt. A Stock waa broken thla mnrnln. wkn succeeding breaks in value tbrew the ''" wio a panic and - quotations touched their loweat mark. , With al most 'one MaAn Af th. 'mw u. . . cut from t to IS points. Two falluree rwjwriea in Lonaon oetore the mornlnst warn kal n . rrhm ..r Of thSM la th rirm Af W V T . lett company, fine nt. th oldest broke s wowiiiinraenia in tne world. ' The atber failure waa that of George 8an deraon.. a Jobber In-tha American mar ket. .eh fallllM A ,WA D.rtl.l. V. Is a matter of laternatlonal Importance ana wui in aj probability , ea tend to uuuns un inia aiae oi tne water. , ' -'Xntlra StaikH tN" " The entire stock- market w. ly demoralised today that prlcea moved downward -as If struck by heavy blows. Reading, of which Harrlmaa was re ported to have secured control, dropped 110 a share with, almost aa trnlnier ruptefi fall. In tha trading Union Pacific, which opened at 14S, dropped to ltl. St. Paul lost nearlv ta rlw in Ik. - ... - " .UV....UB; miu American Bmeltlng Refinery sharea were $T lower than tha low closing oa yesterday's alump. National Lead want to a point fit lower than yaaterday. Amalgamated copper opened at . and rvarcnaa sv . live mmutea before close. While the battle waa raging most fierce! V Thomil' W. tannn MmAj.A,,. w.n. atuTtcv iv nuy everytning In -eight, aa te low point bad baen reached. Tba trading late In tha day waa even more sensational than at tha start AU .attempts of the bulla to force the valuea higher met wtthf arther disaster. I : Oomplet Bull ot. . . ; Smelter closed tl down, but showed a losa of ttl during the day. Brook lyn Rapid Tranalt abarea cloaed at tha bottom at t4J. or a losa of one fourth of the total price. . Chicago, Milwaukee St Paul dropped lit at the close, but before tha reaction set In It was nearly 126 under yesterday. r . Delaware 4 Hudson slumped 117 a ahare, but the Pacific roads were weak est Union Paciflo was cut tta.tt at tha close, but thla waa after Harrlman had given soma aupport During tha day It waa tit down. , . .Reading was down over t5 ak- tba end of the day. Southern. Paclrto lost fl a share and Northern Paciflo tlL Hlll'a Oreat Northern, waa weak at all tlmea and toward tha cloae showed a net losa of ft. Before Hill came to tha rescue It was tit down. ".r-' Twit Hoaaaa Bant Down." ' '-Reports received -Tront London Indi cate that stocks are only partly demoralised-today, although all. Opened flat. Two bounce failed during tha panlo, but It la belHved now that tha worm (Continued on Page Two.) 1 RICH MAN'S UNITE AGAINST PORTLAND Seattle and Tacoma Should Do This to Keep Abreast of Port t - 7 Declares Far-Sighted Puget '' ; :. ; ':";'V-'.';' ' .''"-''-.r , Sound Man: ''"' ' ' '.Hy-; '. A combination of Seattle and Tacoma against Portland In the contest for commercial 'supremacy on the north coast la being seriously discussed by business Interests' on Puget aound.- It la foreseen that with a deeper ship channel on the Columbia river bar, a fresh water harbor and two water grade railroads connecting Portland with the eaat, thla city haa very much tha beat af the commercial argument. " The Puget aound cities, although now prosperous, growing rapidly and having many advantagea, are looking Into tha future, and they eee the Inevitable end Of the struggle that Is now well under way for leadership In Industrial and commercial - activities on tha north roast J. B. Duryea of Seattle believes that a dose working alliance between Seattle and Tacoma and the building of the Lake Washington ship canal to PORTLAND, OREGON, ' THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH, 14, III 'l!. t SmiTH SEHT FOR AS LAflD WITHESS Mitchell's Private Secretary Sub ' poeriaed ' Also Hermann Wanted 1 to 'Create' the! Blue Mountain Reserve.' -. " ' ; Washington.; D.a. March 14. The government - has subpoenaed 'Dr. ; Alt- drew C. Smith' of Portland, and Harry Robertson, 2 formerly private ( Secretary ofthe late Senator Mitchell, -and prob ably will strive to show by Dr. Smith that ' Commissioner - ' Hermann ap proached blra ln'sn endeavor to -Induce him to , take- part' lr tha purcnaae-or lan da which would (be located In tha Blue: Mountain, forest . reserve Tba course of. tne tiroeeration today waa'-to prove that Binger Hermann aa vised Secretary Hitcncoca against tne creation of the Rogue River forest re serve, but .that lie- advised -t or the crew tlon of the Blue- Mountain reserve, in the Blue (Mountain reserve .'frtends of hla bad land In tha Rogue River re serve no frtenda-or his owned land. . For this purpnae, Jennie Paten, who waa a clerk In ilermann a orrie wnea be . waa land f cmmlaaloner. Identified correspondence' and also a tat ed .that when the Rogue river reserve came up. aha prepared a , letter to tha secretary for Hermann to sign commanding ita cre ation, but that Hermann1 tore.lt up and wrote one himself, advising against tha reacrve. r . . . -,-.."'.. Ai letter- waa also Identified by J. F. McQee, a elerk under Hermann. -aa be Ing written by A. L. Mills and Joseph Simon, recommending. that certain lands be Included, within, tha Cascade reserve. lands which ware owned by George Sor. enson, wHa awora that he had promised senator. John Mitchell before -hla last election to tha senate tZ0 It tha reserve was created. ; . , .... .. j Reappointed Commissioner. - A r taneelet DhrtrB ih Tke InareaL) Joseph, Or., March 14. John A. Rum Ma of ' this place- haa been reappointed united States commissioner, to reside at jnoapn. Mr. mmun naa aervea in inis capacity about 11 years. -, ' 1 give ahlpa fresh water harbor room wilt be the only thing that can- aava. tha aound from commercial eclipse. In , a letter, to the Seattle press ha said: Become Second Saw Tork. , ; "Instead of fighting among ourselves, wa will find a mora profitable fight far ther south. Tha north bank railroad la a water grade to Portland aa.well aa to Pu ret aound, and- f rel gh reaches Port land In less time and at leea coat To complete tha line, the owner of a ateam ahlp likes to take his vessel into fresh water whenever possible.-. Therefore, If the Columbia rivor bar could be deepened, for long-legged vessels, Port land would' b the New . tork of the Pacific.' There la tha aavtng of time for the train, even If terminal rates were the eame, besides the beneficial effect (Continued on Tag rivaj , , i ' ' . . CROWD OF STRIKERS WHO HAVE DESERTED LUMBER MILLS '4. r- T Gathered About I. W. W. Headqua'rtera oa Curnstde Street CARS TO GATHER G Postmaster Minto ls'Wyking for Better Ser-t vice in inu AUiiecuuu ana uisinuuiiun x ; of Postal Matter in Portland , w- - Mail cara to collect suburban mall, work It la tranalt and deliver It at the central atatlon ready pouched for the outgoing malls la an innovation dealred by PoBtmaster Mlnto, and .to be asked for of tha department. . - - j. : . Tha plan ' haa. been conceived by . tha postmaster for tha greater efficiency and dispatch of his office. By its adop tion .prompter collection, - sea; re ration and sending of outgoing' mall .will - be possible, and - greater- apeed in transit from tha time tha letter la deposited In a station or box until' It' la baaded to the person for whom' It was Intended at lte destination. '' ''. , . Poatmaatsr Mlnto haa ' had his plan ander discussion with H..B. Hall of San Francisoo, representative of tha flrat aa slatant postmaster-general, Vwho Is now In Portland, oh official business. - . Mr. Hall haa cone Into the details, of tha nan who irPaunt9.ana aa a result tne latter will determine. the exact cost of the Improvement and make a request of ine oeparimeni. aaaing mat it oa pro. viaea. , , . ' . - ', Cars to Collect Matt ; ' In brief. ' the plan proposed by Post master Mlnto la a car or cars for tha collection and' distribution of rural or suburban maiL . The car. If Itla pro vided, will be fitted up with racks and cases In a manner similar to tha Interior arrangement of a Daitad States railway mail car. Aa the electric Unea are Mow arranged1 It will be. possible for .this car to touch at all the aubstattone In the -city and aunurba it will also be possible to col lect mail from a very large number of GOVERNOR DENEEN . TO - V CONFER WITH TEDDY fiprlngfteld.'' lit. 'March 'it'.-Oorernor Dene en and the . attorney general left today for Washington In response to a call from tha president- It Is suposed that they were called to a conference about the Investigation ' of tha Illinois Central that tha atate la now conducting. Washington. ' March 14. It! was an nounced at the White House that Deneen it not coming especially to talk about railroads, though the -subject . may be touched upon.. -l . . ... ., .... , . JUDGE LANDIS DECIDED ' AGAINST STANDARD OIL Chicago, March 14. Standard Oil at torneys were hard hit today by the de cision of Judge Landle declaring that tha announcement of a rata from Chap pell, Illinois, to East St Louts, was prima facie evidence of a through tariff agreement with the railroad. Govern ment attorn eye declared that Chappell waa Juat a plain "railroad apeak eaay" for tha avoidance of legal rates and tha glvlng-Ot xebatea. ; .,.- ..... Governor Blgns New Laws. I. Boise, Idaho,' March 14. GovemorJ aoodlng today, algned the rouowing im portant bill a which have . paaaed - tha legislature: Prohibiting tbe membera of tha leglnlature from accepting positions created by them; the Lewlaton oharter bill; tha bill requiring train dispatchers to give nottoe of delayed trains, and the bill providing for labeling high e ploalvea., v V ,... ';",'' 1907. TWENTY PAGES. U-'..! suburban boxes, now entirely dependent upon the carriers. - By this plan tha mall car would make several tripe each day, 'thus greatly In creasing the suburban collection facili ties.. It would leave tba euhstatlons at tha end 'of tha Una on certain ached i led time and aa It neared . the poatof flee building would collect tha mall from every -eta tlon -and box along the route. Mail -Worked" U Tranalt. All thla mall would be worked as fast aa collected so that by the time - the main office waa reached every btt , cf mall would be aegregated according to Ita . destination and ready 'for 'imme diate, dispatch -on Its Journey. - Under tha present systenv all mall Is", segre gated. - or-' worked, after it 'haa been' brought to the main office, ao that the gain In time can be seen' at a glance.' ' This plan has been put Into affect In several large cities," said Mr. Mlnto today." TV haa proven a success' where it haa been tried and I think; would be a 1 great Improvement la tha ' Portland service. ; I have taken the tnattor 4ip with Mr." Hall and will also take it to the ' department -at Washington. ' , ' "I will discuss tha question -with .the street railway management at once and ascertain the exact cost of - the service. When ' I have secured this ' Information r will take the matter up with the de partment at Waehlngton.', " - . ,- , -.','.'.' . Mnob, to Bo BeaUed. .' - "Portland needa added mail delivery and collection. fadliUea,'. continued the speaker.; 'The outlying ; atatlons ..qn' der the present - system,, are-, alow in getting lettera to the main office.-' This la. not the fault of the -of floes. , but .la unavoidable on account of the long dis tances the mail haa to be transported by the carrlera or wagons. - .. I -Tha electrio car service would over come this objection. Portland - la dd serving of ap-to-date service. Chicago haa her., .pneumatic. . tnbea-. We, - of course, cannot hope for that bnt wa may get electric ears, which will be a great Improvement over tha present system. . PANIC TALK -llliil llimiTiiSis Magnate Thinks That Business Slump Might Not Be an Un- mixed Eyi) as Railroads Now Have More Business Than 4 They Can Handle Would Pile Up Surplus. .,-;. i, i (Jtnrsal aneetal terrW.) , New ' Tork. March 14. E. H.' Harrl man, In an Interview on tha financial criala and railroad altuatlon, thla morn ing aald! ''. .'-.',. "A check to business might not be an unmixed evil. The railroads now have more business , thsn they can handle. A. slowlng-up would mean the ourtallment-of .expenditure -and en- In crease In the surplus of tha roads, it would mean also a lessened demand for labor and a reduced demand for money. These, in consequence, would become cheaper. -.'' "A check to business ' ut, er course. better than a full stop, bat-what wmild be . applicable to a full stop will be measurably true of a alow-up." ; Harrlmsn said that two kinds cf eottrare are ne-led in developing anl directing the affaire of a s-rat rnl!rc t system. One kind la needed to r i. Yesterday Was PRICE I TWO nri ARB i. , Clever, Detective Work by Secret "'Service Agent Will Bring lh dictments for Two More - of " San' Francisco's Supervisors; ' tJearsal Special Bwric.) . ..;' Saft Francisco, March 14. One of the sensational disclosures In tha Investiga tion, of municipal graft, which, ahowa that during tha past- month William J. Burns and bis corps of detectivea have accomplished .some splendid work ' in uncovering corruption among clty.efll- cials haa Juat become public. -It 1 announced that within, a day or two Francis J. Heney will present evi dence to- the grand Jury that Supervis ors Cbarlee Baxton and Thomaa F. Lon ergan. In tha presence of three hidden wttneaeea, eaoh accepted a bribe of 50 from ' O. R. , Roy, .one of. the principal etockholdera-- In a' akatlng rink, in re turn for granting certain special favora to the -manager of. tba rlnk.'.' Tha. testimony of these - and other wltneeseet all- of whom are men In the employ Of Burns, It la believed wilt be followed by Indictmenta -for bribery against the-two supervisors. It wuld have been impossible for -Burns to trap tne aupervisors-nad It not been for the cooperation of Roy. ' Roy haa cut no amall flrure in mu nicipal polltlca for aorae yeara past H4 waa at one; time an ardent worker for Mayor Bchmlts and had twice been premised, by .the mayor that In return for hh political -labors ho would be-ap pointee; to a, place on the police' com mtPalonujThese, promises' Mayor Schmit taiiea ro Keep, and Roy bas since been bitter against Us Indicted mayor. I , Roy Is a well-known Jeweler and la proprietor 'nr-the'Cafe -Francisco. He alao-i has other, extensive business. In tereata - He assisted to lay tba plot and carry out-the scheme to trap the super viators. - After he waa trapped. Baxton was taken by 'the officers and aweated for several hours, bnt refused to aid the prosecution to . uncover other grafta BY HARRIIYIAN large expenditure when tlmea are dull and the buslaess outlook la poor, and thus secure labor, meney and ma terlala at a low coat The other kind of courage, ha said, la to be able to discontinue the expenditure of funds snd the making of Improvements when business la good, money dear and labor htghr- Thla kind -cr courage." he said, would enable the railroads, by waiting two or three years, to make Improve mente at a reduction of 20 per cent In the cost of labor, money and materlala He coisldered such a ftavtng a good profit for the shareholder. "Wcin' 1 von. In the event of Ivo-rrnC f-ir.., lr.-..rr.!ng general, fvor an ln- ht rM" rr Y m n - ' e 1 : - t r- .: I t , In n il U I ULkU l II UUIIIIU Journal Circulation CENTS. ' ..:'2lKmPc" a 2 But Declare.They Have Nothing to Arbitrate as Demands are not Exorbitant " ; V Owner , of Loeeintr ; Camos "Along the Columbia Rfver De cide to Close Plants, and Ex press Sympathy ."for the Mill Owners. , . ' ..."...'.' ,,' Manager Ban field of the Banfleld Veyaey Fuel company made a etata ment this afternoon In which ho pra dlctel an extensive fuel famine as a result of the mlllmen's strike, Mr. Banfleld said that, if the strike con tinues, it will be ' matter of only a few days before hla company will be charging It a load for ordinary slab wood. The fuel magnate saya that, the amount of wood available doea not exceed 21,006 cords, practically alt of which Is In the hands of hla firm. : --Information waa alao . received that the Simmona Saw -company and other saw manufacturing and filing concerns In the city have cut down their work ing fore.es, and that several af them ara preparing for a Shutdown. - ',''., -.Sentiments expressed by both - the millowners and the atrlkera today seem to Indicate that there Is no middle-ground upon which to adjust their" differences. Neither side will yield an Inch ' from the. position - aaaumed by them at the. beginning of the trou ble. The employers call for uncon ditional surrender f the men and the latter have decided not to call off the strike until their demands are granted In full. . . . I "It haa been reported that wo are willing to arbitrate." said a member of the executive board of -the strikers this morning. "We are not We have nothing to . arbitrate. . What we want is a . conference, so that we may pre sent our demands to tha mill owners. We want them to receive our demanda and either to accept or reject them. We have aaked for little enough end are not looking for a compromise." Mayor's Efforts Fruitless. The mlllownera were informed thla morning , that Mayor Lane would call them up thla afternoon and aak them to agree to a conference with the atrlk era. While all thoee Interviewed re- . fuaed to be quoted and were very guarded la their atatementa, the eenti ment waa voiced that they had nothing to confer about and that any effort at mediation from outalda aourcee would ba unsuccessful. . . , -. . ', ' This same opinion waa axpreaaed by Mayor Lane yeaterday afternoon when he war waited upon by a committee of strikers and asked to request the mill owners to consent to a conference. The . committee told the mayor that the mill, owners bad made capital out ef the fact that they bad aa yet received no de manda from their men. Tbe spokesman (Continued on Page Five.) SGHLUSSEL AHD JAOITOR EIGHT Rental Agent Gets Worst of En v counter irt Sherlock Building, but Finally Routs Its Cuar dian AngeU : . ; ".;''.. A mysterious fight in which MarX Schlussel la said to have been the sec. ond-best participant, occurred In the Sherlock building. Third - and Oak streets, thla morning aa a result of ' dlffereaces between Mr. Schlussel end Theodore Thlel, -Janitor or tha build ing. . . ... . . . The fight waa wltneaeed by few ten ants of tha building. Tha elevator boy waa tha principal witness, but be refused to tell of the affair, evidently preferring to avoid complications wlin either of tbe principals In today's en counter. Trouble la aald to have been brewing between Schlueael and the Janitor fr soma time. Thlel In said to ill like the ways of the rental a cent and tha rental agent' la.sald-tri flunks the Janitors ways ef showing "hla jdlillka. f're-uit quarrels are aald to hnve occurred an I a cllmni vm reflcbl thla mnrntrn In the flaht which rn;t1 f""i i encounter of won!. S 1 I to have re.-elre.i c Of it. Wtl'--", i. ! an inter-" " avhlvn . i. ' ' ' i ' TRATiH in c5
